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booby hut

booby hut noun: a carriage body put upon sleigh runners.

Noun

booby hut (plural booby huts)

  1. (US, dated, dialectal) A carriage body put upon sleigh runners.
    • January 5 1835, letter to Charles Matthew
      I induced him on Wednesday to accompany Mrs. Eliot and myself in a "Booby Hut," (for such is called a covered sleigh)

Forms of booby hut

pluralbooby huts

Questions about booby hut

What does booby hut mean?
Booby hut means a carriage body put upon sleigh runners.
What part of speech is booby hut?
Booby hut is a noun.
What is the plural of booby hut?
The plural of booby hut is booby huts.

Words near booby hut in the dictionary

  1. booby
  2. booby hatch
  3. booby hatches
  4. booby house
  5. booby houses
  6. booby hut
  7. booby hutch
  8. booby hutches
  9. booby huts
  10. Booby Island
  11. booby prize

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